You're a very patient lot, and if the emails and messages I've been getting are anything to go by, this will come as very welcome news!

The lovely Tindersticks have confirmed a whole heap of live shows in and around Europe. Excited? Hell yes...

29th April:
Vega, Copenhagen

2nd May:
Cirque Royale, Brussels

3rd May:
Royal Festival Hall, London

5th May:
Folies Bergeres, Paris

31st May:
Primavera Festival, Barcelona

It's also worth revealing that the first single to be lifted from the forthcoming album 'The Hungry Saw' is the title track and is due out April 14th (backed by the b-side 'Back To The Earth'). And if you didn't already know, the album tracklisting looks a little bit like this:

1. Introduction
2. Yesterdays tomorrows
3. The flicker of a little girl (download that one from Tindersticks' MySpace)
4. Come feel the sun
5. E-type
6. The other side of the world
7. The organist entertains
8. The hungry saw
9. Mother dear
10. Boobar come back to me
11. All the love
12. The turns we took